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[Article]EU to try again on open skies deal

Ruu_Old · 2006-12-13 13:38:20

Move yore arshes on this! Hope they can agree this time.:mad: From rte.ie news.

13-12-2006 1:38pm

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Move yore arshes on this! Hope they can agree this time.:mad: From rte.ie news.

EU transport ministers yesterday said they would back one more attempt by the European Commission to negotiate an open skies agreement with the US.

Last week, the US halted talks over what appears to be an unwillingness to loosen their restrictions on foreign ownership of US-based airlines.

Americans can buy up to 49% of European airlines, but Europeans can buy only a maximum of 25% of a US carrier.

The commission is to meet the US side in January, and may offer to do a deal without seeking changes to the ownership structure of airlines. That would be good news for Aer Lingus, which takes delivery of two new Airbus planes in March and wants to expand its flight schedule to North America.

Meanwhile the Department of Transport is this morning rubbishing an overnight report quoting a Singaporean official as saying that Ireland and Singapore have signed an open skies agreement between the two countries which would allow airlines from both countries to fly on to other destinations.

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